COD 2020 - D236
Webinar - Gender, Genre and Politics in the Changeling, by Thomas Middleton and James Rowley (Set text for A/S and A Level Literature in English, 2021/ 2022)
Secondary A/S and IGCSE Teachers and literature lovers
2
sessions, start: 03-Jun
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2020
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Ms. Patricia Veronica Green
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 1200.00
ARS 1200.00
Non affiliate
ARS 1200.00
ARS 1200.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03 June 2020 | 09:30 am | 10:30 am |
| 2 | 10 June 2020 | 09:30 am | 10:30 am |
Facilitator/s
Patricia Veronica Green
Secondary A/S and IGCSE Teachers and literature lovers
- To account teachers with key aspects related to the Renaissance Drama and Jacobean tragedy in particular, with a focus on the sub-genre of the Revenge Tragedy
- To examine the ways the text establishes the dramatic conventions or agreements between audience/readers and the interpretation of text and its performance
- To analyse key passages in the text in order to explore the aspects related to plot, character and setting.
- To further explore the way relevant passages and their intrinsic characteristic in order to acquaint teachers with literary comprehensive and writing tools to fulfill the requirements typical of Paper 1 options, i.e., the general essay and text-based questions.
- To encourage teachers of AS/A Level Literature in English to deploy reading and writing strategies aimed at developing critical thinking and personal response with the literary extended essay in focus.
- To examine the ways the text establishes the dramatic conventions or agreements between audience/readers and the interpretation of text and its performance
- To analyse key passages in the text in order to explore the aspects related to plot, character and setting.
- To further explore the way relevant passages and their intrinsic characteristic in order to acquaint teachers with literary comprehensive and writing tools to fulfill the requirements typical of Paper 1 options, i.e., the general essay and text-based questions.
- To encourage teachers of AS/A Level Literature in English to deploy reading and writing strategies aimed at developing critical thinking and personal response with the literary extended essay in focus.
- Presentation of the historical, social and economic context of production of Modern English Drama, and the development of The Jacobean tragedy within the Renaissance period.
- Introduction to Middleton and Rowley’s collaborative work and their ideological shaping of the play, with an emphasis on its political influence during James I’s reign.
- The presentation of the key aspects of the revenge tragedy such as its concerns with the conflictive aspects of human nature and agency as a way of responding to the audience’s requirements for more realistic representations.
- Introduction to the main characteristics of Jacobean drama, and to the many sub-genre precedents of revenge drama, such as the blending of the revenge plot, the love and domestic drama, as well as the inclusion of grotesque modes of representation.
- Discussion of the play’s main themes, such as the disruption of social hierarchies, sexual politics, evidencing society’s concerns with gender issues and its anxieties about love, sexuality, women and madness.
- Analysis of key passages with the purpose of encouraging a critical reading of the play’s stylistic conventions, inherent in the display of disruptive dynamics at the level of plot, language, syntax and content.
- Introduction to Middleton and Rowley’s collaborative work and their ideological shaping of the play, with an emphasis on its political influence during James I’s reign.
- The presentation of the key aspects of the revenge tragedy such as its concerns with the conflictive aspects of human nature and agency as a way of responding to the audience’s requirements for more realistic representations.
- Introduction to the main characteristics of Jacobean drama, and to the many sub-genre precedents of revenge drama, such as the blending of the revenge plot, the love and domestic drama, as well as the inclusion of grotesque modes of representation.
- Discussion of the play’s main themes, such as the disruption of social hierarchies, sexual politics, evidencing society’s concerns with gender issues and its anxieties about love, sexuality, women and madness.
- Analysis of key passages with the purpose of encouraging a critical reading of the play’s stylistic conventions, inherent in the display of disruptive dynamics at the level of plot, language, syntax and content.
- Introduction to the relevant aspects concerning James I’s foreign policy and the Spanish influence in Jacobean drama. Historical overview.
- introduction to key aspects of Jacobean theatre and its influence as public entertainment, as well as the role of the public dramatist.
- Study of key extracts in the play that foreground relevant generic, thematic and stylistic aspects so as to enforce reading and writing strategies
- Open debate and discussion in order to solve crucial issues related to essay writing skills, dealing with aspects of form and content with a focus on essay-type questions
This is one hour interactive webinar where all questions and queries will be addressed.
We will be using the online platform Zoom for our webinar sessions.
Please check the date and time of the webinar.
Time: from 17.30 to 19.00
- introduction to key aspects of Jacobean theatre and its influence as public entertainment, as well as the role of the public dramatist.
- Study of key extracts in the play that foreground relevant generic, thematic and stylistic aspects so as to enforce reading and writing strategies
- Open debate and discussion in order to solve crucial issues related to essay writing skills, dealing with aspects of form and content with a focus on essay-type questions
This is one hour interactive webinar where all questions and queries will be addressed.
We will be using the online platform Zoom for our webinar sessions.
Please check the date and time of the webinar.
Time: from 17.30 to 19.00
- Malcolmson, Cristina. " 'As Tame as the Ladies': Politics and Gender in The
Changeling." Revenge Tragedy. Ed. Stevie Simkin. Basingstoke, England:
Palgrave, 2001. 142-62. Print.
- Middleton, Thomas and Rowley, William. The Changeling. Edited by James Daalder. New Mwemaid,1964.
Changeling." Revenge Tragedy. Ed. Stevie Simkin. Basingstoke, England:
Palgrave, 2001. 142-62. Print.
- Middleton, Thomas and Rowley, William. The Changeling. Edited by James Daalder. New Mwemaid,1964.